I Know What He Meant, But It Still Sounds Weird

8/6/18 Chicago Tribune:

Emanuel, police officials react to one of Chicago's most violent weekends of 2018: 'We are better than what we saw'

By which they meant this level of brutality is not typical of Chicago's people.  Very true: but would you want to live there around the atypical Chicagoans?

At least 74 people were shot, 12 fatally, between 3 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday. The victims ranged in age from 11 to 62.

According to Tribune data, it marked the worst violence of any single weekend in Chicago since at least before 2016, the year in which homicides hit records unseen for two decades.

And Sunday saw more victims shot in a single day since at least September 2011 when the Tribune began tracking every shooting in Chicago. For the entire day, 47 people were shot, including a stunning 40 during a seven-hour period early Sunday.

At a late-morning news conference at the Gresham District station on the South Side, Johnson acknowledged in answer to a reporter’s question that no arrests had been made in any of the dozens of shootings over the weekend.

He said detectives had promising leads in several shootings.

Johnson expressed frustration at the blame laid on Chicago police for the violence when it’s those pulling the triggers who need to be held accountable.

“It’s the same individuals that continuously commit these crimes,” he said. "Where's the accountability for them?"

Good question.  How long do killers get in prison for murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking, rape, and all the other crimes that the left doesn't see as important.  (Not like offering straws.)